Find Out If You Have Dissociative Amnesia

Max points: 5 Type: Mental Disorder Explainer

This content explains dissociative amnesia, its different types, causes, and how it affects memory and daily life. It also explores treatment options like therapy, EMDR, CBT, DBT, and medication. Helpful for anyone seeking to understand or manage this complex trauma-related condition.

Channel: Kati Morton Duration: 0:09:22

Questions

1. Why is dissociative amnesia different from normal forgetfulness?

It is always caused by aging It is always permanent and untreatable The person is unaware of what they don't remember It only affects short-term memory

2. Which therapy uses bilateral stimulation, such as tapping or alternating sounds, while recalling distressing memories?

EMDR CBT Talk therapy DBT

3. According to the DSM, dissociative amnesia involves what key feature?

Permanent brain damage Inability to recall autobiographical information during trauma or stress Forgetting minor daily events like breakfast Difficulty remembering names due to aging

4. What type of dissociative amnesia involves forgetting events from a specific period of time, such as months of abuse?

Localized amnesia Generalized amnesia Systematized amnesia Continuous amnesia

5. Which rare condition may occur with dissociative amnesia, where a person unexpectedly travels and forms a new identity?

Generalized amnesia Continuous amnesia Dissociative fugue Systematized amnesia

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